Rig Veda 8.23.24

Addressed to: Agni

Group: Hymns of Vyasva

Text (Devanagari)

8.23.24

नू॒नम॑र्च॒ विहा॑यसे॒ स्तोमे॑भिः स्थूरयूप॒वत्

ऋषे॑ वैयश्व॒ दम्या॑या॒ग्नये॑

Text (Roman)

8.23.24

nūnám arca víhāyase

stómebhi sthūrayūpavát

ŕ̥ṣe vaiyaśva dámyāyāgnáye

Padapāṭha

8.23.24

nominal stemSGMVOC

from ŕ̥ṣi-

ṛṣi : ṛ́ṣi m. (√ 2. ṛṣ Comm. on [Uṇ. iv, 119]; ṛṣati jñānena saṃsāra-pāram, [T.]; perhaps fr. an obsolete √ ṛṣ for √ dṛś, ‘to see ?’, cf. ṛṣi-kṛt), a singer of sacred hymns, an inspired poet or sage, any person who alone or with others invokes the deities in rhythmical speech or song of a sacred character (e.g. the ancient hymn-singers Kutsa, Atri, Rebha, Agastya, Kuśika, Vasiṣṭha, Vy-aśva), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] &c.

ṛṣi : the Ṛṣis were regarded by later generations as patriarchal sages or saints, occupying the same position in India history as the heroes and patriarchs of other countries, and constitute a peculiar class of beings in the early mythical system, as distinct from gods, men, Asuras, &c., [AV. x, 10, 26]; [ŚBr.]; [AitBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [Mn.] &c.

ṛṣi : they are the authors or rather seers of the Vedic hymns i.e. according to orthodox Hindū ideas they are the inspired personages to whom these hymns were revealed, and such an expression as ‘the Ṛṣi says’ is equivalent to ‘so it stands in the sacred text’

ṛṣi : seven Ṛṣis, sapta ṛṣayaḥ, or saptaṛṣayaḥ or saptarṣayaḥ, are often mentioned in the Brāhmaṇas and later works as typical representatives of the character and spirit of the pre-historic or mythical period

ṛṣi : in [ŚBr. xiv, 5, 2, 6] their names are given as follows, Gotama, Bharadvāja, Viśvā-mitra, Jamadagni, Vasiṣṭha, Kaśyapa, and Atri

ṛṣi : in [MBh. xii], Marīci, Atri, Aṅgiras, Pulaha, Kratu, Pulastya, Vasiṣṭha are given as the names of the Ṛṣis of the first Manvantara, and they are also called Prajāpatis or patriarchs

ṛṣi : the names of the Ṛṣis of the subsequent Manv-antaras are enumerated in [Hariv. 417 ff.]

ṛṣi : afterwards three other names are added, viz. Pracetas or Dakṣa, Bhṛgu, and Nārada, these ten being created by Manu Svāyambhuva for the production of all other beings including gods and men, [ĀśvŚr.]; [MBh.]; [VP.] &c.

ṛṣi : in astron. the seven Ṛṣis form the constellation of ‘the Great Bear’, [RV. x, 82, 2]; [AV. vi, 40, 1]; [ŚBr.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]; [MBh.] &c.

ṛṣi : (metaphorically the seven Ṛṣis may stand for the seven senses or the seven vital airs of the body, [VS. xxxiv]; [ŚBr. xiv]; [KātyŚr.])

ṛṣi : a saint or sanctified sage in general, an ascetic, anchorite (this is a later sense; sometimes three orders of these are enumerated, viz. Devarṣis, Brahmarṣis, and Rājarṣis; sometimes seven, four others being added, viz. Maharṣis, Paramarṣis, Śrutarṣis, and Kāṇḍarṣis), [Mn. iv, 94][xi, 236]; [Śak.]; [Ragh.] &c.

ṛṣi : the seventh of the eight degrees of Brāhmans, [Hcat.]

ṛṣi : a hymn or Mantra composed by a Ṛṣi

ṛṣi : the Veda Comm. on [MBh.] & [Pat.]

ṛṣi : a symbolical expression for the number seven

ṛṣi : the moon

ṛṣi : an imaginary circle

ṛṣi : a ray of light, [L.]

ṛṣi : the fish Cyprinus Rishi, [L.];

ṛṣi : [cf. Hib. arsan, ‘a sage, a man old in wisdom’; arrach, ‘old, ancient, aged’.]

🔎 ŕ̥ṣe 🔎 ŕ̥ṣi-

| vaiyaśva | damyāya | agnaye

Monier-Williams dictionary from Cologne Sanskrit Lexicon

English Translation by Griffith

8.23.24

Now sing, as Sthurayupa sang, with lands to him who spreadeth far, To Agni of the home, O R̥ishi, Vyaṣva's son.

Grammatical analysis

Source index	Surface	Lemma	Information
8.23.24	nūnám nūnam : nūnám ind. now, at present, just, immediately, at once nūnam : for the future nūnam : now then, therefore nūnam : (esp. in later lang.) certainly, assuredly, indeed (also in questions, e.g. kadā n°, when indeed? kva n°, where indeed?), [RV.]; &c. 🔎 nūnám	nūnám nūnam : nūnám ind. now, at present, just, immediately, at once nūnam : for the future nūnam : now then, therefore nūnam : (esp. in later lang.) certainly, assuredly, indeed (also in questions, e.g. kadā n°, when indeed? kva n°, where indeed?), [RV.]; &c. 🔎 nūnám	invariable
8.23.24	arca 🔎 arca	√r̥c- ṛc : cl. 6. P. ṛcati, ānarca, arcitā, &c., = arc, p. 89, col. 3; to praise, [Dhātup. xxviii, 19] (cf. arká.) ṛc : ṛ́c f. praise, verse, esp. a sacred verse recited in praise of a deity (in contradistinction to the Sāman [pl. Sāmāni] or verses which were sung and to the Yajus [pl. Yajūṃṣi] or sacrificial words, formularies, and verses which were muttered) ṛc : sacred text, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.] &c., [Mn.] &c. ṛc : the collection of the Ṛc verses (sg., but usually pl. ṛ́cas), the Ṛg-veda, [AitBr.]; [ĀśvŚr.] & [ĀśvGṛ.]; [Mn. i, 23], &c. (cf. ṛg-veda above) ṛc : the text of the Pūrvatāpanīya, [RāmatUp.] 🔎 √r̥c-	rootSGPRSACT2IMP
8.23.24	víhāyase 🔎 víhāyase	víhāyas- vihāyas : ví—hāyas (ví-), mfn. (for 2., from which perhaps it is scarcely separable See vi-√ hā) vigorous, active, mighty, [RV.]; [AV.]; [TĀr.] (accord. to Sch. = mahat, vañcanavat, vyāptṛ, vividha-gamana-yukta). vihāyas : vi-hāyas m. n. (for 1. See p. 953, col. 2) the open space (cf. vi-yat), air, sky, atmosphere, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. (also °saḥ-sthalī f. or °sas-tala n.; instr. °sā, ‘through the sky’) vihāyas : vi-hāyas m. a bird, [Kautukas.] 🔎 víhāyas-	nominal stemSGMDAT
8.23.24	stómebhiḥ 🔎 stómebhiḥ	stóma- stoma : stóma m. praise, eulogium, a hymn, [RV.]; [AV.]; [GṛS.]; [Up.]; [BhP.] stoma : (in ritual) a typical form of chant (7 such forms are usually enumerated; but accord. to [Lāṭy.], Sch. the Stoma consists of 5 parts, viz. prastāva, udgītha, pratihāra, upadrava, and nidhana), [TS.]; [Br.]; [ŚrS.]; [ChUp.] stoma : a Stoma day, [TS.]; [PañcavBr.] stoma : a sacrificer, [L.] stoma : N. of partic. bricks, [ŚBr.] stoma : a heap, collection, number, multitude, quantity, mass, [Kāv.]; [Rājat.] stoma : the letting of a dwelling, [Āpast.], Sch. stoma : a measure of 10 Dhanv-antaras or of 96 inches, [L.] stoma : stóma n. (only [L.]) the head stoma : riches, wealth stoma : grain, corn stoma : an iron-pointed stick or staff stoma : stóma mfn. crooked, bent, [L.] 🔎 stóma-	nominal stemPLMINS
8.23.24	sthūrayūpavát sthūrayūpavat : sthūra—yūpa—vát ind. 🔎 sthūrayūpavát	sthūrayūpavát sthūrayūpavat : sthūra—yūpa—vát ind. 🔎 sthūrayūpavát	invariable
8.23.24	ŕ̥ṣe 🔎 ŕ̥ṣe	ŕ̥ṣi- ṛṣi : ṛ́ṣi m. (√ 2. ṛṣ Comm. on [Uṇ. iv, 119]; ṛṣati jñānena saṃsāra-pāram, [T.]; perhaps fr. an obsolete √ ṛṣ for √ dṛś, ‘to see ?’, cf. ṛṣi-kṛt), a singer of sacred hymns, an inspired poet or sage, any person who alone or with others invokes the deities in rhythmical speech or song of a sacred character (e.g. the ancient hymn-singers Kutsa, Atri, Rebha, Agastya, Kuśika, Vasiṣṭha, Vy-aśva), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] &c. ṛṣi : the Ṛṣis were regarded by later generations as patriarchal sages or saints, occupying the same position in India history as the heroes and patriarchs of other countries, and constitute a peculiar class of beings in the early mythical system, as distinct from gods, men, Asuras, &c., [AV. x, 10, 26]; [ŚBr.]; [AitBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [Mn.] &c. ṛṣi : they are the authors or rather seers of the Vedic hymns i.e. according to orthodox Hindū ideas they are the inspired personages to whom these hymns were revealed, and such an expression as ‘the Ṛṣi says’ is equivalent to ‘so it stands in the sacred text’ ṛṣi : seven Ṛṣis, sapta ṛṣayaḥ, or saptaṛṣayaḥ or saptarṣayaḥ, are often mentioned in the Brāhmaṇas and later works as typical representatives of the character and spirit of the pre-historic or mythical period ṛṣi : in [ŚBr. xiv, 5, 2, 6] their names are given as follows, Gotama, Bharadvāja, Viśvā-mitra, Jamadagni, Vasiṣṭha, Kaśyapa, and Atri ṛṣi : in [MBh. xii], Marīci, Atri, Aṅgiras, Pulaha, Kratu, Pulastya, Vasiṣṭha are given as the names of the Ṛṣis of the first Manvantara, and they are also called Prajāpatis or patriarchs ṛṣi : the names of the Ṛṣis of the subsequent Manv-antaras are enumerated in [Hariv. 417 ff.] ṛṣi : afterwards three other names are added, viz. Pracetas or Dakṣa, Bhṛgu, and Nārada, these ten being created by Manu Svāyambhuva for the production of all other beings including gods and men, [ĀśvŚr.]; [MBh.]; [VP.] &c. ṛṣi : in astron. the seven Ṛṣis form the constellation of ‘the Great Bear’, [RV. x, 82, 2]; [AV. vi, 40, 1]; [ŚBr.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]; [MBh.] &c. ṛṣi : (metaphorically the seven Ṛṣis may stand for the seven senses or the seven vital airs of the body, [VS. xxxiv]; [ŚBr. xiv]; [KātyŚr.]) ṛṣi : a saint or sanctified sage in general, an ascetic, anchorite (this is a later sense; sometimes three orders of these are enumerated, viz. Devarṣis, Brahmarṣis, and Rājarṣis; sometimes seven, four others being added, viz. Maharṣis, Paramarṣis, Śrutarṣis, and Kāṇḍarṣis), [Mn. iv, 94][xi, 236]; [Śak.]; [Ragh.] &c. ṛṣi : the seventh of the eight degrees of Brāhmans, [Hcat.] ṛṣi : a hymn or Mantra composed by a Ṛṣi ṛṣi : the Veda Comm. on [MBh.] & [Pat.] ṛṣi : a symbolical expression for the number seven ṛṣi : the moon ṛṣi : an imaginary circle ṛṣi : a ray of light, [L.] ṛṣi : the fish Cyprinus Rishi, [L.]; ṛṣi : [cf. Hib. arsan, ‘a sage, a man old in wisdom’; arrach, ‘old, ancient, aged’.] 🔎 ŕ̥ṣi-	nominal stemSGMVOC
8.23.24	vaiyaśva vaiyaśva : vaiyaśvá m. (fr. vy-aśva) patr. of Viśva-manas, [RV.] vaiyaśva : vaiyaśvá n. N. of various Sāmans, [Br.] &c. 🔎 vaiyaśva	vaiyaśvá- vaiyaśva : vaiyaśvá m. (fr. vy-aśva) patr. of Viśva-manas, [RV.] vaiyaśva : vaiyaśvá n. N. of various Sāmans, [Br.] &c. 🔎 vaiyaśvá-	nominal stemSGMVOC
8.23.24	dámyāya 🔎 dámyāya	dámya- damya : mfn. tamable, [Mn. viii, 146]; [BhP. xi] damya : m. a young bullock that has to be tamed, [MBh. xii f.]; [Hariv.]; [R.]; [Ragh.]; [Vikr.] damya : dámya mfn. being in a house, homely, [RV.] 🔎 dámya-	nominal stemSGMDAT
8.23.24	agnáye 🔎 agnáye	agní- agni : agní m. (√ ag, [Uṇ.]) fire, sacrificial fire (of three kinds, Gārhapatya, Āhavanīya, and Dakṣiṇa) agni : the number three, [Sūryas.] agni : the god of fire, the fire of the stomach, digestive faculty, gastric fluid agni : bile, [L.] agni : gold, [L.] agni : N. of various plants Semecarpus Anacardium, [Suśr.], Plumbago Zeylanica and Rosea, Citrus Acida agni : mystical substitute for the letter r agni : in the Kātantra grammar N. of noun-stems ending in i and u agni : (also) = next, [ĀpŚr.] agni : [cf. Lat. ignì-s; Lith. ugni-s; Slav. ognj]. 🔎 agní-	nominal stemSGMDAT

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